Black Women have have always been leaders in our community. Here is thread of notable AFRICAN QUEENS throughout history

QUEEN MAKEDA, Queen of Sheba

Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century BCE
Background: Mother of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia.

QUEEN TIYE, Queen of Egypt

Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: Most likely of Nubian ancestry, she is the grandmother of King Tut.

QUEEN AMINA, Queen of Zaria

Location: Nothern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: Warrior Queen of the Hausa people.

QUEEN AMANISHAKETO, Queen of Kush

Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 10 BCE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush (Warrior Queen), famous for defeating Emperor Augustus’s Roman Army.

QUEEN NZINGA, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms

Location: Angola
Year: 17th Century
Background: Fought Portuguese Slave raiders.

QUEEN GUDIT

Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century
Background: Ethiopian Jewish warrior Queen

QUEEN AMANITORE, Queen of Kush

Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1 BCE - 20CE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush, famed for being a great builder and a tolerant Queen.

QUEEN NERFITITI, Queen of Egypt

Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: With her husband, Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. she reigned during what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history.

QUEEN NANDI

Location: South Africa
Year: 18th Century
Background: Mother of Xhaka Zulu, King of the Zulus who united the Zulu Kingdom.

QUEEN RANAVALONA III , Kingdom of Madagascar

Location: Madagascar
Year: 19th Century
Background: Last monarch of Madagascar, resisted French colonisation .

QUEEN MOTHER YAA ASANTEWAA, Asante Empire

Location: Ghana
Year: 19th Century
Background: Fought to resist British colonisation

QUEEN AMANIRENAS, Queen of Kush

Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1st Century BCE
Background: One of the most famous Kandake Queens of Kush because of her role leading Kushite armies against the Romans in a war that lasted five years

QUEEN IDIA, Benin Kingdom

Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: described as a great warrior who fought relentlessly before and during her son's reign as the oba (king) of the Edo people

ALAAFIN OROMPOTO, Alaafin of Oya

Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: First Queen of the Yoruba Oyo Empire

QUEEN YENNENGA, Dagomaba Kingdom

Location: Ghana, Burkina Faso
Year: 12th Century
Background: Legendary warrior who is considered the mother of Mossi Kingdoms and the Mossi people of Burkina Faso